AN influencer has died in a horror car crash in Chile that left six people dead.
María Ignacia Celedón, 28, known by her social media fans as MaruRockets, passed away on July 31.
She was travelling with her partner, YouTuber Ignacio Carrasco, 32, known as DimeNacho, who was one of two people to survive the crash.
Celedón, who regularly posted gaming and pop culture content, was also with fellow influencer Yang Hsin, better known as ShiniPan, 29.
Both Carrasco and Hsin survived the crash but required hospital treatment for various injuries.
However, Celedón and five others were reportedly killed in the accident in Punta Arenas, located near the tip of Chile's southernmost Patagonia region.
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Following the crash, Carrasco’s sister Sofía, well known for her YouTube channel The Adventures of Sofía, gave an update on his current state of health.
She said Carrasco suffered a broken collar bone and pulmonary contusion and is in hospital in a stable condition.
Sofía said: “Thanks to everyone who sent messages and were concerned. With all my heart, thank you.
“My brother is physically fine after everything that happened in the accident, but as a family we are mourning and it’s a terrible shame.
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“I hope you keep my brother in your thoughts so he recovers well.
“And Maru as well, so she can rest in peace like she deserves.”
In one of his last posts on social media, Carrasco praised his girlfriend for giving him some of the best years of his life.
He wrote: “Meeting you has been one of the most important turning points in my life and looking back on our photos, I realise all how far we have come, how much we have grown together and how much we still have left to live.
“You are my partner, a person who challenges me to be better and with whom, among many ups and downs, I have spent some of the best years of my life.”
Celedón had 26,000 Instagram followers and nearly 10,000 fans on Twitch at the time of her death.
An investigation into the fatal accident is ongoing.
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